Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHIM, DAVID M.

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1621 1626

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.2%
Allow Rate
At TC average
111
Total Applications
+57.4%
Interview Lift
954
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 83 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
37.9%
§103 Obviousness
33.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18551739 "Cyclopenta[c]pyrrol Negative Allosteric Modulators of NR2B" Non-Final OA Novartis AG
18553271 METHODS OF TREATMENT USING FUROSEMIDE Non-Final OA scPharmaceuticals Inc.
18566929 INHIBITORS OF TTBK1 Non-Final OA Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
17918654 INHIBITORS OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS REPLICATION Non-Final OA VIIV HEALTHCARE UK (No. 5) LIMITED
18557346 MACROCYCLIC 2-ALLYLTETRAHYDROFURANS AS INHIBITORS OF MCL-1 Non-Final OA JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA NV
18291809 6-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENE-1,3-DISULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVES AS MODULATORS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYL TRANSFERASE (ENAMPT) FOR THE TREATMENT OF E.G. DIABETES Non-Final OA The University of Manchester
18575206 KRAS G12D INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHANGHAI DE NOVO PHARMATECH CO., LTD.
18566503 METHODS OF TREATING DISORDERS WITH PHTHALAZINONE DERIVATIVES Non-Final OA IDIENCE CO., LTD.
18559048 TRICYCLIC HETEROCYCLES Non-Final OA Cancer Research Technology Ltd.
18009172 HETEROARYL ALKYLENE SUBSTITUTED 2-OXOQUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVES AS METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE 2A INHIBITORS Non-Final OA IDEAYA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
18557691 19-NOR C3,3-DISUBSTITUTED C21 -N-PYRAZOLYL STEROID FOR USE IN TREATING MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION Non-Final OA Sage Therapeutics, Inc.
18551894 NOVEL INDOLEAMINE 2,3-DIOXYGENASE INHIBITORS, PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA YUHAN CORPORATION
18263762 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CONTROLLING NEUROINFLAMMATION Non-Final OA Invenux, LLC
18269301 METHODS OF TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Non-Final OA ASCENTAGE PHARMA GROUP CORP LIMITED
18332476 POLYMORPHS OF SUBSTITUTED ISOQUINOLINE-BASED RHO KINASE INHIBITORS Non-Final OA Neurelis, Inc.
18041539 COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Tenvie Therapeutics, Inc.
17617850 SWELL1-LRRC8 COMPLEX MODULATORS Final Rejection Senseion Therapeutics, Inc.

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